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for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a smaller group. cbs among undecided, how do they matter in the way that people react to these polls? do they wait to see who the numbers go with or make their own judgment? what do you think? >> i think that these instant polls have an influence on how press cover these debates and the aftermath and the day after but i think the american people watching the debate tonight probably made their own judgments. i think they probably came down with the same conclusion that cbs did, that they saw one commander commander tonight a
for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a...
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he was beating mitt romney in this debate handling. in a way that he needed to do in order to keep this alive for him. we will be back here again next monday for the third an final presidential debate between barack obama and mitt romney. but right now our friend chris matthews continues our debate coverage from hofstra in hempstead, new york. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan he has a one-point plan. and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> welcome back from hofstra university for a special post-debate "hardball" on this very important night for president obama. tonight he, the president, showed the motive of his presidency, why he
he was beating mitt romney in this debate handling. in a way that he needed to do in order to keep this alive for him. we will be back here again next monday for the third an final presidential debate between barack obama and mitt romney. but right now our friend chris matthews continues our debate coverage from hofstra in hempstead, new york. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your...
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will mitt romney play on that? because we've seen debates have momentary benefits in a race and then it disappears. >> pelley: two more presidential debates in october. what do the candidates need to do now that they've done this ground work? >> obama needs to press the case against mitt romney. he needs to stop the gains that mitt romney made tonight. >> pelley: thank you very much john. so the first presidential debate is history. here is what is coming up. next week the vice presidential candidates will debate. the following week obama romney round two. with a town hall meeting kind of format. and then the third and final debate focusing on foreign policy two weeks before election day. campaign 2012 coverage continues 24/7 at cbsnews.com. there will be more about tonight's debate first thing tomorrow on "this morning" with charlie rose, norah o'donnell and gayle king. as for who won the debate tonight, that's entirely up to you. i'm scott pelley in denver. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by med
will mitt romney play on that? because we've seen debates have momentary benefits in a race and then it disappears. >> pelley: two more presidential debates in october. what do the candidates need to do now that they've done this ground work? >> obama needs to press the case against mitt romney. he needs to stop the gains that mitt romney made tonight. >> pelley: thank you very much john. so the first presidential debate is history. here is what is coming up. next week the...
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he only took the game to mitt romney. he had concise answers, he was feisty, he was in command of the issues, the facts and from a stylistic point of view, he stood up, and he approached not only the person who asked the questions but he was able to respond to mitt romney, the things he didn't do a week ago. >> george will, was president obama the winner tonight? >> we're having a little trouble hearing george and we hate not to hear george. >> we'll get that as soon as we can. to jake tapper in the room right now. we heard that the obama team was out in force before the debate was even over spinning. >> that's right. and one suspects they were going to say president obama won this no matter what. but they are i think even some democrats not affiliated with the campaign very happy about the president's performance saying he was aggressive, he was firm. maybe he started out a little sha shaky at the beginning a little too eager to mix it up with pitts but by the end democrats say people on the obama campaign say this is th
he only took the game to mitt romney. he had concise answers, he was feisty, he was in command of the issues, the facts and from a stylistic point of view, he stood up, and he approached not only the person who asked the questions but he was able to respond to mitt romney, the things he didn't do a week ago. >> george will, was president obama the winner tonight? >> we're having a little trouble hearing george and we hate not to hear george. >> we'll get that as soon as we...
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. >> both president obama and mitt romney have plans to bring down the deficit. here's our reality check. >> both candidates were made in the corner stone of this election to talk about the deficit, the difference between how much money the government is spending and how much it is taking in in taxes and they both have talked about their plans in this debate. >> i'll get us on track to a balanced budget and i'm going to reduce the tax burden on middle income families. what's that going to do? help the families and create incentives to grow jobs again in this country. >> if we are serious about reducing the deficit, if this is genuinely a moral obligation to the next generation, in addition to tough spending cuts, we've also got to make sure that the wealthy do a little bit more. >> this is the deficit right now. 1 trillion, 90 billion dollars if we all wanted to pay it off, every man, woman and child would have to kick in about $3500. that's a lot and each candidate says confidently i can reduce the deficit. how would they do that? well, first let's talk about wh
. >> both president obama and mitt romney have plans to bring down the deficit. here's our reality check. >> both candidates were made in the corner stone of this election to talk about the deficit, the difference between how much money the government is spending and how much it is taking in in taxes and they both have talked about their plans in this debate. >> i'll get us on track to a balanced budget and i'm going to reduce the tax burden on middle income families. what's...
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the more he exposed mitt romney on what he was saying in his facts, the more mitt romney got combative. it was a great debate. it was a great discussion. the president is pleased. we got out a strong, decisive case why the president deserved a second techl term and we'll continue to fight for it. >> is there a chance your camp overcorrected in terms of the flashes of anger we've talked about so far tonight? >> no, absolutely not. the president was measured. you know, he corrected mitt romney where he needed to be corrected, but the president's first priority is to lay out where this country has been, what we accomplished to move this country fward over the last four years and where he wants to take the country over the next four years. we talked about many issues that mitt romney couldn't answer. his answer to what he did for women in massachusetts is that he had a binder full of women. couldn't answer whether he stands for equal pay. today after being repeatedly asked to the campaign trail whether he would sign the lily ledbetter act, he was dishonest by contraception. he's for puttin
the more he exposed mitt romney on what he was saying in his facts, the more mitt romney got combative. it was a great debate. it was a great discussion. the president is pleased. we got out a strong, decisive case why the president deserved a second techl term and we'll continue to fight for it. >> is there a chance your camp overcorrected in terms of the flashes of anger we've talked about so far tonight? >> no, absolutely not. the president was measured. you know, he corrected...
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president obama and his challenger, mitt romney, take the stage for the second of three debates. the presidneent himself said he had a bad night. romney's showing has put him ahead in state and national polls. the president described the race as 'tied' for the first time. this race is clearly neck and neck. unlike the first debate, where the moderator asked questions, this is a town hall debate. some of the people here will grill the candidates on foreign policy. the candidates may move around a bit. organizers say governor romney won the coin toss and chose to go first. the moderator is candie crowley, of cnn, the first woman in 20 years to moderate a debate. she's warned us to be quiet. now, candie crowley. >> good evening from hofstra university. i am candie crowley from cnn's state of the union. the gallup orgn anization chose 85 unaffiliated voters. the questions are knwoown to me and my team only. i hope to get to as many questions as possible. and because i am optimistic, i hope the candidates will keep their answers on point. they have two minutes and a two- minute follow
president obama and his challenger, mitt romney, take the stage for the second of three debates. the presidneent himself said he had a bad night. romney's showing has put him ahead in state and national polls. the president described the race as 'tied' for the first time. this race is clearly neck and neck. unlike the first debate, where the moderator asked questions, this is a town hall debate. some of the people here will grill the candidates on foreign policy. the candidates may move around...
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i thought mitt romney was basically the same mitt romney we saw in denver two weeks ago, roughly two weeks ago. i thought the president, because he raised his game to some extent from the first time around obviously is going to look better by comparison he did. he'll probably be declared the winner of this on most cards. i will say this, though. it was pretty clear time and time again the difficulty the president has in being the incumbent. you saw it in answer to the question from the african american man who said, you know, i voted for you last time, mr. president, i'm not sure what you've done for me is enough to get your vote again. that's not an exacts quote. and governor romney used that question, his turn on that question, to deliver this indictment of the obama record, which when you hear it all in one player, the way it was stated, is very powerful. there's really no rebuttal to that. there's no way a good debate performance can get you around that. that is the burden the president carries. that was his burden tonight. i think he carried it about as well as he could. >> >> b
i thought mitt romney was basically the same mitt romney we saw in denver two weeks ago, roughly two weeks ago. i thought the president, because he raised his game to some extent from the first time around obviously is going to look better by comparison he did. he'll probably be declared the winner of this on most cards. i will say this, though. it was pretty clear time and time again the difficulty the president has in being the incumbent. you saw it in answer to the question from the african...
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i am desperate to hear mitt romney's answer on afghanistan. i think a lot of people in the country are desperate to hear both men talk about veterans and some other matters of foreign policy that we haven't heard from them on at all. but the debate starts right now, the second presidential debate. here now is moderator candy crowley. >> good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i'm candy crowley from cnn's state of the union. we are here for the second presidential debate, a town hall, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the new york area. their questions will drive the night. my goal is to give the conversation direction and to ensure questions get answered. the questions are known to me and my team only. neither the commission nor the candidates have seen them. i hope to get to as many questions as possible, and because i am the optimistic sort, i'm sure the candidates will oblige by keeping their answers concise and on point. each candidate has as m
i am desperate to hear mitt romney's answer on afghanistan. i think a lot of people in the country are desperate to hear both men talk about veterans and some other matters of foreign policy that we haven't heard from them on at all. but the debate starts right now, the second presidential debate. here now is moderator candy crowley. >> good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i'm candy crowley from cnn's state of the union. we are here for the second presidential...
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mitt romney. ( cheers and applause ) >> crowley: gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks who have been waiting all day to talk to you. i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know you won the coin toss so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others is that when i graduate i'll have little chance to get employment. what can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents that i will be able to sufficiently support myself after i graduate. >> romney: thank you, jeremy. i appreciate your question. thank you for being here this evening and to all of those from nassau county who have come, thank you for your time. thank you to hofstra university and candy crowley for organizing and leading this event. thank you, mr. president, also for being part of this debate
mitt romney. ( cheers and applause ) >> crowley: gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks who have been waiting all day to talk to you. i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know you won the coin toss so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others...
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because we already see mitt romney has the momentum. he has closed the gap significantly in a number of the battleground states. cbs news has a new poll out today of ohio where the president's lead has been cut in half from 10 to five points. we see that other n other battleground states. can mitt romney continue that momentum with these final two weeks to go. >> pelley: juan zarate, what did you see in. >> i thought it was interesting how they defined the greatsest threat to the united states. president obama defining it as terrorist organization, harder for him to argue that the tide of war is receding, mitt romney talking about a nuclear iran, the looming crisis to come. >> pelley: thank you very much, juan. we'll be back with more of our coverage in just a moment. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once
because we already see mitt romney has the momentum. he has closed the gap significantly in a number of the battleground states. cbs news has a new poll out today of ohio where the president's lead has been cut in half from 10 to five points. we see that other n other battleground states. can mitt romney continue that momentum with these final two weeks to go. >> pelley: juan zarate, what did you see in. >> i thought it was interesting how they defined the greatsest threat to the...
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we set that aside just this once to welcome president barack obama and governor mitt romney. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> gentlemen, thank you y bot fr joining us.w . we have a lot of folks who want to talk to you. governor romney, you won the coin toss. the first question goes to you. we go to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein. >> as a 20-year old college student i,a all i hear is there is little chance of employment when i graduate. what would you tell my parents about how i can support myself when i graduate. >> thank you for being here and all of you from nassau county, and thank you to hofstra university and candie crowley, and thank you, mr. president. your question is asked by college kids all over the country. this is in philadelphia, she just graduated and said, "i can't find a job. i have three part-time jobs. i can barely pay for food and an apartment." we have to make it easier to afford college and make sure when they get out of college, there's a job. when i was governor, to pass a high school degree, you had to pass an exam, and if you were in the top 2
we set that aside just this once to welcome president barack obama and governor mitt romney. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> gentlemen, thank you y bot fr joining us.w . we have a lot of folks who want to talk to you. governor romney, you won the coin toss. the first question goes to you. we go to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein. >> as a 20-year old college student i,a all i hear is there is little chance of employment when i graduate. what would you tell my parents about how...
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two does he more fec livety take on mitt romney and the centrist tone he was striking in the last debate. finally, does he do better at laying out a concrete vision for a second term. democrats want him to do all three. >> larry kudlow the debate in about a minute and a ahalf. >> i think john is right. i think the fulcrum of this debate will be about economic growth and jobs but i think the benghazi thing, with hillary saying it's my responsibility, the night before the debate, i think that puts it right into barack obama's lap. i think this is a great clinton power play, very clever on the clinton's part and now the president's going to have that ball and he better not fumble it. >> governor romney is going to be pushing this. >> he's going to go right for it. you know he's going right for it. keith is right about the economy, but people are very upset about an ambassador getting killed. >> we take you to hofstra university, a town hall with about 80 voters chosen by gallup uncommitted registered voters from nassau county. we bring you candy crowley. >> good evening from hofstra univers
two does he more fec livety take on mitt romney and the centrist tone he was striking in the last debate. finally, does he do better at laying out a concrete vision for a second term. democrats want him to do all three. >> larry kudlow the debate in about a minute and a ahalf. >> i think john is right. i think the fulcrum of this debate will be about economic growth and jobs but i think the benghazi thing, with hillary saying it's my responsibility, the night before the debate, i...
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mitt romney is a car guy. they keep misquoting him, but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northboro, massachusetts, the other day. sheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash, four of them, two of them, rob and reid, were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. they went to the same church. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife, and gifts. later on he said, "i know you're struggling, mark. don't worry about their college. i'll pay for it." when mark told me this story, because you know what, mitt romney doesn't tell this story. the nixons told this story. when he told me this story. he said it wasn't the cash help. it's that he gave his time and he has consistently. this is a man who gave 30% of his sphwk to charity, more than the two of us combined. mitt romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country. with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows tha
mitt romney is a car guy. they keep misquoting him, but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northboro, massachusetts, the other day. sheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash, four of them, two of them, rob and reid, were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. they went to the same church. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife, and gifts. later on he said, "i know you're...
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second of three debates between the democratic incumbent, barack obama, and the republican challenger mitt romney. former president george h.w. bush once described these faceoffs as "tension city." and the pressure will be on tonight because the race is close and the election just three weeks away. the obama campaign says the president will be more energetic than in the first debate. that debate changed the dynamic of the race. the format tonight has its roots in a democratic institution that dates back to colonial america: the new england town meeting. the candidates will be surrounded by 82 uncommitted new york voters chosen at random. some of whom will be asking their own questions. this is the last debate to include the economy. next week it's all foreign policy. the moderator tonight is candy crowley of cnn. >> crowley: good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york, i'm candy crowley from cnn's "state of the union." here here for the second presidential debate, a town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted v
second of three debates between the democratic incumbent, barack obama, and the republican challenger mitt romney. former president george h.w. bush once described these faceoffs as "tension city." and the pressure will be on tonight because the race is close and the election just three weeks away. the obama campaign says the president will be more energetic than in the first debate. that debate changed the dynamic of the race. the format tonight has its roots in a democratic...